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Originally Posted by Brian  I just discovered that in fashion, what accentuates what is uniquely feminine is considered fashionable on a woman, for example, woman's jeans nowadays round out a woman's hips and butt. The same is true for men's clothing, for example, the classic blazer makes a man's shoulders wide and square, and his hips narrow. |
I wear what I'm comfortable in and makes me stand taller gives me confidence/chutzpah and I feel more manly.
But I can't understand this obsession in England with guys dressing all the same when they go out: black trousers, fancy shirt - (thats it) they all look like fashion victims/clones! Unfortunately my family think I dress "too old fashioned"/"too old", but I like sharp suits, Hats/Fedoras, blazers etc paired with my trusty classic Burberry trenchcoat for the cold, wind and rain AND the deep pockets I don't give a good godamn if anyone likes it or not - also for the reason that suits etc give my body structure and shoulders and minimise my assymetric bodyshape. I've 36 pairs of shoes/boots, and none are trainers. I like proper shoes. Leather lined. I just don't feel manly in trainers!
There's a trend in male dressing in the UK that makes them, IMO, look LESS manly, scruffy/trampy/poor, even metrosexual: Ill-fitting, worn out overlarge (that look like your big brothers) jeans worn half hanging off so you look like droopy drawers and the top of the bum & underpants showing, trainers - Ugh!, tracksuits (an athlete are you? lol), baggy shapeless jackets, 'hoodies' and shirts...Beanie hats, or the brutish looking baseball caps.
It's almost as if UK guys are tyrying to HIDE the fact that they are men, as these clothes make them look shapeless, lumpy and turn them into shuffling shambling stooping boys, not men.
So it seems that fashion and menswear in the UK is moving away from clean, classic sharp lines that complement, accentuate and enhance masculinity, into I dare say...FEMINISED smoothed, shapeless metrosexuality? Where men are more concerned with going with the conventional crowd than being stylish?